The Sharecropper Cycle of Poverty
Directions: Fill in the blanks and create colorful illustrations depicting the plight of sharecroppers on a yearly basis.
To pay debt the sharecropper
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When dividing the money,
landowner says sharecropper
______ more than he earned
Sharecropper is provided
with __________________
from the landowner. In
exchange the sharecropper …
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Sharecropper gives
landowner the crop to sell.
Sharecropper will get
_____________ minus
whatever he owes.
Sharecropper buys food and
clothing from landowner on
credit
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